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Dec 26, 2013

Fwd: Google turns evil

---------TQ APPROVED

Dear MoveOn member,

Stunning news: Google supports a right-wing front group that pushes anti-environment, anti-education and anti-worker policies. That's why I started a petition on MoveOn.org to Google CEO Larry Page. The petition says:

The anti-environment, anti-education and anti-worker agenda of ALEC (the American Legislative Exchange Council) is the antithesis of what Google claims to stand for.

ALEC has repeatedly tried to dismantle our public schools by rerouting taxpayer funds toward private and for-profit institutions, attacking the reduced price school lunch program and attempting an end-run around teachers' unions. On top of that, ALEC has repeatedly pushed voter suppression efforts, discouraged policies that would expand alternative energy use, and promoted the dangerous "Stand Your Ground" law in states across America.

Google has a great reputation and I couldn't be happier about the recent investments my school made to bring tools like Chrome and Google Docs to my students—but that makes Google's involvement with ALEC even more disappointing. Please join me in asking Google to end its support for ALEC.

This petition was created on MoveOn's online petition site, where anyone can start their own online petitions. Marisol Garcia didn't pay us to send this email—we never rent or sell the MoveOn.org list.

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